Tag Archives: Employment

A hospital benefits director who twice took medical leave for surgery on his feet due to complications of diabetes has failed to state claims of interference with his FMLA leave with allegations that he had to delay surgery for one ...

A Roanoke U.S. District Court refuses to set aside a jury verdict for a woman who sued under Title VII, alleging defendant Department of Corrections fired her in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment. Plaintiff engaged in protected activity when she ...

A terminated employee who failed to comply with a housing authority’s grievance procedure deadline for choosing an arbitrator and instead filed a suit seeking damages for wrongful termination over one year later was not entitled to have her claims arbitrated ...

Bank employees who voluntarily transferred assets from their “separate account” 401(k) accounts to a bank pension fund have ERISA and Article III standing to seek an accounting of possible losses they may have suffered after the IRS put a halt ...

Plaintiffs employed by a timeshare resort cannot sue their employer for alleged antitrust and business conspiracy claims based on a Global Settlement Agreement signed by defendant employer and its competitor to settle litigation involving hiring each other’s timeshare sales representatives; ...

A long-time employee terminated by a public housing authority has stated Title VII race and color discrimination claims and an age discrimination claim against the agency, and race, color and gender discrimination claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant ...

The 4th Circuit reverses summary judgment for a university that terminated a campus police officer after she complained about sexual harassment by a male officer; the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Univ. of Texas SW Medical Ctr. v. Nassar ...

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s claim that her Saudi employer held her in “involuntary servitude” in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act; although her living situation and the “house rules” may have been harsh and unfair, and ...

Although plaintiff, an African-American female, had a bachelor’s degree in building construction and extensive work experience as a construction inspector, defendant city has justified its promotion of a white male without a bachelor’s degree to Construction Inspection Supervisor based on ...

A pastor has stated a claim for an alleged failure of religious accommodation in violation of Title VII by asserting he was demoted and had his pay reduced after he requested accommodation in the form of a change in his ...